precipice

Who acts: precipice, sheer face, goat, you, donkey · What happens: be, go down, stand, not walk, run, fall · To what, where: steep cliff, long way, narrow ledge, precipice

«precipice» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: precipice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 precipice	det
2	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cliff	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cliff	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cliff	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 steep	advmod
6	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cliff	amod
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 drop	cc
9	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cliff	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 face	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 face	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 face	det
13	sheer	sheer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 face	amod
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cliff	conj
15	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 face	acl
16	down	down	ADV	_	15 going	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 way	det
18	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 going	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cliff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a precipice	a steep cliff or drop and a sheer face					tree rules
2	go down	gerund	a sheer face not said here	a long way				down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Example 1

The goat stood on a narrow ledge above the precipice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 ledge	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ledge	det
6	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ledge	amod
7	ledge	ledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 precipice	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 precipice	det
10	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ledge	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the goat			a narrow ledge above the precipice			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ledge=Location

Example 2

Never walk too close to the edge of a precipice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 walk	advmod
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 close	advmod
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 walk	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 precipice	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 precipice	det
10	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The donkey ran so fast that it nearly fell over the precipice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 donkey	det
2	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 ran	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fell	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fell	nsubj
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 fell	advmod
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fast	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 precipice	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 precipice	det
12	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the donkey					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	past	donkey			the precipice		nearly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over precipice=Location

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